tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15350975.post996172589972997653..comments2024-03-27T09:08:50.883-07:00Comments on Bad Mom, Good Mom: I'm a finisher*badmomgoodmomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11569728075698885020noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15350975.post-70747782204814770912008-12-09T11:33:00.000-08:002008-12-09T11:33:00.000-08:00I'm with you. I almost always finish a book, no m...I'm with you. I almost always finish a book, no matter how bad. If I stop half-way through it is usually because I became too distracted by something else.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15350975.post-28685388542064146552008-12-08T07:35:00.000-08:002008-12-08T07:35:00.000-08:00I slogged through this one too. I liked it for th...I slogged through this one too. I liked it for the first hundred pages and then it got old. I kept reading because I agree that it could make a great 150 page mystery novel so I was kind of interested in the story. But holy cow was it precious. Enough with the SAT words already!Gretchen the Household Deityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16882578423517346342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15350975.post-33123104408011655912008-12-07T09:15:00.000-08:002008-12-07T09:15:00.000-08:00Well, I am a finisher also, and I usually hate thi...Well, I am a finisher also, and I usually hate this kind of prose, but I will finish a book no matter how awful. It certainly makes no sense, mathematically, physics-wise, philosophically, and yet I enjoyed this novel despite its rather major shortcomings. I think the author tapped into some-kind of adolescent angst that I could at least partly relate to; there was some thread of a certain lost-in-her-head and out-of-touch-with-reality disconnect that I could definitely tap into from some distant chidlhood memory. <BR/><BR/>Still I think it is a fluke more than talent or skill. I am not convinced that Pessl is a good writer or could pull of a standard novel. She is certainly no Phillip Roth or Ellen Gilchrist. So even though I had no trouble reading this book, and even enjoyed parts of it, I was also aware that I should have disliked it more than I did. The plot was truly weak and filled with cliches and sad little stereotypes.Mardelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04850551308931710502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15350975.post-3426731749367419652008-12-07T08:32:00.000-08:002008-12-07T08:32:00.000-08:00I was reading a knitting blog recently where the a...I was reading a knitting blog recently where the author talked about all the projects she has started and then ripped out to use the yarn for other purposes because she didn't like the way things were going. While I have dozens of books around the house that I have never finished, I try very hard to finish my knitting projects simply because you really can't tell if you are going to like something until it is done. So I guess I am a "finisher" for some things and not for others.Grandma Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01489523959321155220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15350975.post-12606578482575507102008-12-06T22:00:00.000-08:002008-12-06T22:00:00.000-08:00I should have guessed the ending. I mean, a bunch...I should have guessed the ending. I mean, a bunch of teenagers go into the woods. Blue becomes separated from the others, alone in the woods with the killer. Of course Blue, a virgin, will survive. Duh.badmomgoodmomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11569728075698885020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15350975.post-89396436617721345952008-12-06T19:15:00.000-08:002008-12-06T19:15:00.000-08:00"You are either captivated by this type of gushing..."You are either captivated by this type of gushing prose, or you are not."<BR/><BR/>I AM NOT. I couldn't even get through your excerpt.<BR/><BR/>I would never force myself to finish something written this way, just because I had started it, if I were not being very well paid or getting a badly needed grade to do it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15350975.post-88471824131342057232008-12-06T13:44:00.000-08:002008-12-06T13:44:00.000-08:00Light can be both wave and particle, a collection ...<A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/Light-Can-Both-Wave-Particle/dp/B000VZKTDM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1228599748&sr=8-1" REL="nofollow">Light can be both wave and particle</A>, a collection of short stories by Ellen Gilchrist, is actually quite good.badmomgoodmomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11569728075698885020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15350975.post-48901741172061916372008-12-06T10:58:00.000-08:002008-12-06T10:58:00.000-08:00For the novelist who takes (and shares) the most g...For the novelist who takes (and shares) the most giddy delight in physics, I'd nominate Thomas Pynchon. I don't know where he picked it all up, but he knows a lot of physics, or at least a lot of physics lore, and I love the way he folds it into his books.<BR/>EricAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com